A plate of eight vegetarian meatballs will cost 129 rupees. And if walking around the very large store gets exhausting, a hot cup of coffee with a samosa or cinnamon bun can be an immediate energy booster.

Swedish home furnishings major IKEA on Thursday (August 9) opened its first store in India, kicking off its retail journey five years after it received approval to invest in the country's single-brand retail sector. "There were also a few tense moments when some people tried breaking queues", store manager John Achillea said.

The future IKEA Live Oak will feature almost 10,000 exclusively designed items, multiple inspirational room-settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children's play area, and a restaurant serving Swedish specialties such as meatballs with lingonberries and salmon plates, as well as American dishes. The shopping experience on the first day is however cumbersome, we are told. "We met and interacted with 1,000 Indian families to understand what were their dreams, their frustrations and what they want".

It has already acquired land at Navi Mumbai, Gurugram and Bengaluru and has begun work on the Mumbai property, which is expected to be ready by summer of 2019.

He promised that IKEA will offer affordability with great quality, accessibility with more stores and digital platform and it will be leader in sustainability.

Alongside standard Ikea furniture, "locally relevant products" such as masala boxes, Indian frying pans, rice cake makers and mattresses with a coconut-fibre centre, will be on offer.

"No two states or cities have the same furniture demand and behaviour, lifestyle and culture vary from one region to another".

Locals in Hyderabad meanwhile were sceptical. "I have never been to an IKEA store before. Indian wood is much better". "The regular furniture consumer will stay with the more solid wood available in the Indian market".

Video showed the Horizon Air Q400 doing large loops and other unsafe maneuvers as the sun set on the Puget Sound. Southers says that if the man knew how to do loops he likely had the skills to target people on the ground.

Victor Moses is impressed with Chelsea's stunning start to the season with a commanding 3-0 victory over Huddersfield Town . Unfortunately for Huddersfield and Kongolo, Chelsea managed to score twice before half-time which stretched the defence.

NOAA Fisheries says the global team reached the 3½-year-old orca in the waters near Washington state's San Juan Island. A team of whale experts has injected an ailing killer whale with antibiotics in a rare emergency effort to save her.

Earlier, England's top order again failed with openers Keaton Jennings (11) and Alastair Cook (21) falling in successive overs. That brought in Chris Woakes (55 not out ) and alongside Jonny Bairstow he ensured more pain for India .

Trading on Tesla's stock was stopped Tuesday following Musk's tweets, which sent shareholders and reporters into a scramble. Before things came tumbling back, Tesla reached a market cap of almost $65 billion, or almost 20% more than General Motors.

The probe is named after Gene Parker, who in 1958 wrote a paper theorizing the expansion of the solar atmosphere and solar wind. The launch is now planned for Sunday, Aug. 12 at 3:31a.m EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Vaccination clinics are planned in Sebastian County, and shots will be provided at no cost, health officials said. It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe illness lasting several months.

He has returned to training this week but it's unclear as to whether he'll start the match or be among the substitutes. Several teams strengthened in the summer and managers have been up and about to ensure their squads are up to par.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak during the overnight hours between August 11 and August 12, according to Forbes . However this year should be an nearly moonless night, making it one of the best meteor showers of the year.

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